diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_form.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_form.html
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--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_form.html
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{% load i18n %}
-<form class="search-bar full-width nice-padding" action="{% url 'wagtailadmin_choose_page' %}?{{ querystring }}" method="get">
-    <ul class="fields">
-        {% for field in search_form %}
-            {% include "wagtailadmin/shared/field_as_li.html" with field=field %}
-        {% endfor %}
-        <li class="submit"><input type="submit" value="{% trans 'Search' %}" /></li>
-    </ul>
-</form>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/search.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/search.html
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--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/search.html
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-{% load i18n %}
-{% trans "Choose a page" as choose_str %}
-{% include "wagtailadmin/shared/header.html" with title=choose_str %}
-
-<div class="nice-padding">
-    {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_link_types.html' with current='internal' %}
-
-    {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_form.html' %}
-
-    <div class="page-results">{# content in here will be replaced by live search results #}
-        {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_results.html' %}
-    </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/search.js b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/chooser/search.js
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-function(modal) {
-    $('.link-types a', modal.body).click(function() {
-        modal.loadUrl(this.href);
-        return false;
-    });
-
-    {% include 'wagtailadmin/chooser/_search_behaviour.js' %}
-    ajaxifySearchResults();
-}